Tajkistan

Rockfall kills six in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Six persons have been killed in a rockfall that has hit the Dushanbe-Khorog highway in Gorno Badakhshan, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

11:57, august 25, 2010

Women appeal against 'impending hijab ban' at Qurghon Teppa market

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus – A group of women market merchants in the southern Tajik city of Qurghon Teppa say they are coming under pressure to stop wearing the hijab, RFE/RL''s Tajik

11:12, august 25, 2010

5,500 Tajiks to perform Hajj this year

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Registration of Tajik Muslims who want to perform Hajj this year will last until August 31, according to the Committee on Religious Affairs.

10:54, august 25, 2010

Tajik Air’s debts increase to 53 mln somoni

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Total debts of Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, to companies that were, until recently, part of Tajik Air have increased to 53 million somoni

10:35, august 25, 2010

Five ambulances to be purchased for health center in Farkhor

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Five ambulances will be purchased for a new health center in Farkhor district by the end of this year, according to presidential press service.

10:18, august 25, 2010

Cotton-harvesting campaign starts in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Cotton-harvesting campaign has begun in a number of districts in the northern Sughd province.

10:01, august 25, 2010

Iran supports exploration works in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Iran have signed a memorandum on cooperation in carrying out exploration works in Tajikistan, according to Tajikistan’s Main Geology

20:17, august 24, 2010

Sons of slain former minister Mirzo Ziyoev not among escaped convicts

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- According to the adjusted data, the sons of slain former minister Mirzo Zioyev are not among the escaped prisoners.

20:03, august 24, 2010

President opens new school in Hamadoni district

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today attended an official ceremony of opening of a new school in Hamadoni district, Khatlon province.

19:20, august 24, 2010

Interpol office in Tajikistan reportedly gets involved in search for escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The operation for search for the escaped prisoners is underway in Tajikistan.

18:54, august 24, 2010

Mudflow leaves one dead in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND/DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on August 23 caused a series of mudflows in Ayni district, Sughd province, according to the Sughd emergency management agency.

17:19, august 24, 2010

Information access development support project to be launched in Tajikistan in September

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The republican public association, Molodyozh Novogo Veka (New Age Youth), will launch its first Internet journalism development support project,

16:56, august 24, 2010

Tajik official considers that next spike in grain prices will affect world market by the end of 2010

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Another spike in grain prices will affect the world market by the end of 2010 and Tajikistan will not be the exception, Taghoymurod Sharipov, the

15:32, august 24, 2010

Pamir-1 HPP suspends operations for repair-and-renewal work

KHOROG, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Pamir Energy Company (PamirEnergy) that operates the Pamir-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP) announced on August 23 that the station suspends

15:08, august 24, 2010

Two assault rifles Kalashnikov found in private house in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two assault rifles Kalashnikov, 34 bullets of 5.

14:56, august 24, 2010

Situation stable in Tavildara, says district chairman

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The situation in Tavildara district is stable like the whole Rasht Valley and there is no reason for destabilization of the situation in the area, the

14:29, august 24, 2010

Council of foreign ministers of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan meets in Astana today

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi is attending the first meeting of the council of foreign ministers of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan that is being

14:19, august 24, 2010

President inaugurates spinning mill, health center in Farkhor

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon who is currently on a working visit to the Kulob zone in Khatlon province has inaugurated a spinning mill and a modern health

13:50, august 24, 2010

Tajik law enforcement reportedly avert terrorist act in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus – Tajik law enforcement authorities have reportedly averted terrorist act in the south of Dushanbe.

13:23, august 24, 2010

Escaped prisoners not yet found

Manhunt for 25 armed fugitives who killed at least five prison guards while breaking out of the detention center in Dushanbe and then reportedly fled toward the Rasht Valley has not yielded results.

12:49, august 24, 2010

Russia to help Tajikistan find and detain escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- By Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s instruction Russian special services will help Tajikistan find and detain the escaped prisoners, Russia’s Itar Tass

12:29, august 24, 2010

GKNB publishes list of escaped prisoners

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Yesterday evening, all Tajik national TV channels showed photographs of 14 of 25 prisoners who escaped from pretrial detention facility # 1 in Dushanbe

11:40, august 24, 2010

President departs for Kulob

President Emomali Rahmon today morning left for the Kulob zone in Khatlon province for a two-day working visit, according to presidential press service.

11:09, august 24, 2010

Teachers and parents organizations of a number of schools in GBAO to incorporate into single association

KHOROG, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Teachers and parents organizations of a number of high schools in Gorno Badakhshan plan to incorporate into a single association.

10:52, august 24, 2010

Capital mayor sacks Qariyai Bolo bazaar director, reprimands deputy mayor, Sakhovat bazaar director

DUSHANBE, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe mayor has sacked the Qariyai Bolo bazaar director and reprimanded a deputy mayor and the Sakhovat bazaar director for failing to curb

10:35, august 24, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Khujand resident sentenced to prison for driving his step daughter to suicide

KHUJAND, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khujand has got a jail term of five years for driving his step daughter to suicide.

19:05, august 23, 2010

GKNB names Dushanbe’s escape masterminds

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus – Organizers of escape from the pretrial detention facility run by the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) in Dushanbe have reportedly been identified.

18:38, august 23, 2010

SOCIETY

Prison escape cannot affect political situation in Tajikistan, says expert

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- No one force, even the 1,000-strong armed group, is able to seriously affect the political situation in Tajikistan because the current situation in the

17:35, august 23, 2010

Majlisi Namoyandagon board considered bill on national budget for 2011

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2010, Asia-Plus --The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered the bill on the national budget for 2011 at an August 23

17:15, august 23, 2010